Cohen Testimony Thread

[aurora]

Closing remarks. Were these released in advance, too?

[atexan]

Your "honor"? Did you ever have any honor?

[isabel]

Cohen: I believe that is he loses in 2020 there will never be a peaceful transition of power.

[aurora]

Uhm, if 45 loses the 2020 election Cohen thinks there won't be a peaceful transition of power?

[bowies]

Feb 27, 2019 17:08:40 GMT -5 isabel said:

Cohen: I believe that is he loses in 2020 there will never be a peaceful transition of power.

Um. Whoa. I haven’t even let myself think about that yet.

[curbsideprophet]

Feb 27, 2019 17:08:40 GMT -5 isabel said:

Cohen: I believe that is he loses in 2020 there will never be a peaceful transition of power.

I feel like this is a pretty bold statement

[picksthemusic]

Holy shit.

[ESF]

he fears that if Trump loses, there will never be a peaceful transition of power?

Damn. I believe he's right, but it's chilling to have someone who knows him better than just about anyone say that.

[pixy0stix]

I missed the end of the racism discussion, and I'm missing the closing remarks.

[simpsongal]

Feb 27, 2019 17:09:03 GMT -5 aurora said:

Uhm, if 45 loses the 2020 election Cohen thinks there won't be a peaceful transition of power?

he’ll probably just leave an upper decker...

[atexan]

Bring it home Cummings

[isabel]

I just can't get over all these GOP guys attempting to discredit him and acting like he is completely uncredible while still supporting the man who hired him and used him as his personal attorney for an entire fucking decade.

[curbsideprophet]

Lol at Chris Hayes

Michael Cohen in the middle of this split screen is just too good. CAN I PLEASE LEAVE AND GO TO PRISON NOW THANK YOU.

[miniroller]

Feb 27, 2019 17:14:01 GMT -5 isabel said:

I just can't get over all these GOP guys attempting to discredit him and acting like he is completely uncredible while still supporting the man who hired him and used him as his personal attorney for an entire fucking decade.

In a politically-like-minded group text with friends, one of my girls sent this recommending they all take a hard read because we were all so baffled:
7 Signs You're Not as Self-Aware as You Think
www.inc.com/steve-tobak/7-signs-youre-not-as-self-aware-as-you-think.html

[curbsideprophet]

Is Cohen going to cry?

[fuckyourcouch]

T&Ps, meadows. 🙄

[isabel]

Feb 27, 2019 17:19:53 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Is Cohen going to cry?

I mean, Cummings basically just told him he's going to get beat up in prison for being a snitch, so... lol

[mrssandro]

Feb 27, 2019 17:19:53 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Is Cohen going to cry?

It was close. I think he grabbed the water to try to stop.

[atexan]

CUMMINGS FOR PRESIDENT!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!

[AAM2012]

I believe Cohen today and what he said. Yes he looks like he’s about to cry, rightfully so.

[fuckyourcouch]

Cummings closing statement was amazing. Wow.

[underwaterrhymes]

Wow.

Cummings.

[heyjude]

Feb 27, 2019 17:20:09 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

T&Ps, meadows. 🙄

EXACTLY

[glw]

Cummings's, "Come on now!" is SO Baltimore, I love it.

[aurora]

Is it normal to have applause at the end of a hearing?

[debatethis]

Feb 27, 2019 17:02:06 GMT -5 isabel said:

Yep. I am most definitely shocked to hear Cummings say Meadows is one of his best friends. Did he seriously just say that? For fuck's sake. I don't like that Talib is backing down on this.

Oh I think that's smart. It stays in the Congressional record if she backs of the slightest bit - if it gets stricken, it's completely out of the record. He just got written into history being called out by a young WOC telling the world he's a racist. 

[fortnightlily]

Meadows: Trump can't be racist, he has a black friend and I have her right here!

Pressley: Can someone have a black friend and still be racist?

Cohen: Yes.

Tlaib: As a POC, trotting out token black lady made me uncomfortable and is, itself, an act of racism.

Meadows: How dare you call me racist. I have family members of color, and didn't I just establish that you are absolved of any racist actions if you have personal relationships with at least one black person, sheesh!

God, what an embarrassment.

[underwaterrhymes]

Feb 27, 2019 17:23:10 GMT -5 debatethis said:

Feb 27, 2019 17:02:06 GMT -5 isabel said:

Yep. I am most definitely shocked to hear Cummings say Meadows is one of his best friends. Did he seriously just say that? For fuck's sake. I don't like that Talib is backing down on this.

Oh I think that's smart. It stays in the Congressional record if she backs of the slightest bit - if it gets stricken, it's completely out of the record. He just got written into history being called out by a young WOC telling the world he's a racist. 

I didn’t know this. Thanks for explaining that.

[atexan]

I only watched the last 20 minutes and I feel like I need a cigarette. I can't imagine how those of you watching all day must feel.

[miniroller]

Cummings: “We are better than this!!
...In 2019, WHAT DID WE DO to make sure we kept our democracy intact?! Did we stand on the sidelines & say nothing?!
...
And I’m tired of these ppl who come in here & say, OH OH this is the first hearing. It is NOT the first hearing!!!”
Drug prices, voting rights hearings mentioned. “We can do more than one thing at the same time.
And with that mtg adjourned.” GAVEL.
❤️